Tag Archives: prison
Long-term inmates move to county jails
Governor Jerry Brown’s plan to ease state prison overcrowding has created other problems. Now, county jails that are not built to hold long-term prisoners are being forced to take felons with long sentences. Sheriffs say that these prisoners pose security threats and are more than the jails can handle. Though it is good to think … Read More
Governor proposes new prison plan
In response to a federal court order to reduce California’s prison population, governor Jerry Brown proposed a $315 million plan to send inmates to vacant county cells and private prisons. He hopes to avoid what he says would be a mass release of dangerous felons. Brown says that public safety is paramount and that the … Read More
Rapist who left victim naked on road gets prison (Sam Spital)
“On September 27, 2012, the UT San Diego News contained an article in which a defendant pled guilty and was sentenced to 16 years in State Prison for an August 2011 kidnapping and rape of a 21 year old woman, who testified in the Preliminary Hearing that he beat her with a flashlight and golf … Read More